Ivan Vladimirov

Ivan Vladimirov, also John Wladimiroff (Владимиров, Иван Алексеевич) ( – 14 December 1947) was a Russian artist: painter and graphic artist. During the wars of 1904–1916, he became known as a war artist ("batalist"). Afterwards, his reputation has become controversial. In the Soviet Union, he was known for paintings that glorified the October Revolution. However, in the West and in Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he has become known for harshly critical imagery of the aftermath of the Revolution.

Biography
Ivan Vladimirov was born in Vilnius to Russian intellectual Aleksei Porfirievich Vladimirov, a priest, and a British mother, Catherine Waghorn, a watercolor artist. In non-Russian documents, the family spelled their name as Wladimiroff and the artist spelled his name in English as John Wladimiroff.

He is interred in the Serafimovskoe Cemetery, St. Petersburg.

Awards and decorations

 * 1946: Honored Artist of the RSFSR
 * 1945: Order of the Red Banner of Labour, for the "fruitful activity in the field of Soviet art"
 * Various medals
 * 1897: "Class artist of the first degree" title for the painting "Бой адыгейцев на реке Малке" ("The Battle of Circassians by Malka River")
 * 1890s: Awards for battle scenes